Neufeld v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.2d 149 · 1986
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 159 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2017 · most notably In the Matter of Robert John Love, Debtor-Appellant (1992), Hamilton v. Lanning (2010)
29 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 1328 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 727
Relies on United States v. Estus · Memphis Bank & Trust Co. v. Whitman · Kitchens v. Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co. · Deans v. O'Donnell
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a Chapter 13 plan may be confirmed despite even the most egregious pre-filing conduct where other factors suggest that the plan nevertheless represents a good faith effort by the debtor to satisfy his creditors' claims.”
23 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“abuse of the provisions, purpose, or spirit”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Handeen v. LeMaire · In Re Stanley“type of debt sought to be discharged and whether any such debt is nondischargeable in Chapter 7.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Smith · Handeen v. LeMaire
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.